FALUN

Active Citizenship and participatory democracy are key concepts when it comes to making society function efficiently in the 21st century. A modern representative democracy is based on the rule of law, the delegation of limited powers through elections and the direct participation of citizens in the agenda-setting and decision-making processes.

One big challenge to our democracies is the multi-level framework in which issues are discussed and decided upon. This means that it is not enough to develop and strengthen opportunities for influencing public affairs at only one level – we need to address these issues at all levels in parallel.

For this reason Falun municipality, the capital town of Dalecarlia province in the very heart of Sweden is hosting the 2015 Democracy Week as part of the International Day of Democracy  and the Council of Europe’s Local Democracy Week. 

Read more about the Falun Democracy Week at falun.se/demokratidag